IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Gorses Drive, WIGAN, WN2 1YF
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Gorses Drive, WN2 1YF by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (24 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
2
Do not adjust your set
The picture is straight - it's the football pitch which slopes off downhill at an angle.
Image: © David Long
Taken: 8 Jul 2008
0.08 miles
3
Cottages on Ratcliffe Road
Probably built as part of the earliest phase of development of coal mining in the area.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 4 Jun 2013
0.08 miles
4
Cottages on Ratcliffe Road
Probably built as part of the earliest phase of development of coal mining in the area.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 4 Jun 2013
0.09 miles
5
Haigh Ventilator
This was the upcast shaft, a fire was lit at the bottom allowing ventilation throughout the mine.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 10 Feb 2013
0.11 miles
7
No golfing allowed
Not that anyone would choose to play golf with vegetation like this to contend with!
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 4 Jun 2013
0.12 miles
9
Stanley Nook Farm
Looking across the field from Stanley Lane, towards Stanley Nook Farm.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 27 Mar 2012
0.12 miles
10
Wall Hey furnace ventilation shaft
Built at the top of a mine shaft some 650 feet deep at the bottom of which a furnace would be lit. The updraught would draw fresh air into the mine through a different shaft to provide ventilation. A rare survivor of this type of chimney, Listed Grade II.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 4 Jun 2013
0.12 miles